Sorolopha Lower, 1901

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Sorolopha Lower, 1901

Sorolopha Lower, 1901: 73 .

Type species: Sorolopha cyclotoma Lower, 1901 , by monotypy.

Sorolopha: Diakonoff, 1973: 47 , Razowski, 1989: 120, Horak, 2006: 93, Yu & Li, 2009: 10 .

Acanthothyspoda Lower, 1908: 319 .

Type species: Acanthothyspoda elaeodes Lower, 1908 , by original designation.

Alypeta Turner, 1916: 528 .

Type species: Alypeta delochlora Turner, 1916 , by original designation.

Alytopeta Fletcher, 1929: 10 , incorrect spelling of Alypeta Turner, 1916 .

Choganhia Razowski, 1960: 387 .

Type species: Argyroploce sphaerocopa Meyrick, 1930 , by original designation.

Adults of Sorolopha are medium-sized Olethreutinae , often with prominent forewing patterns. Some species are green or brownish-gray with rounded or V-shaped markings in the apical region of the forewing. Males often have scale tufts or hairpencils on hindlegs, laterally on abdomens, or on hindwings. The male genitalia are characterized by long clavate socii bristled or haired mainly on the apex; by the absence of apical-free gnathos; and by relatively thin and complicated valva often with a ventral process of cucullus ( Diakonoff 1973, Horak 2006). The presence of the terminal spines on the socius is considered a synapomorphy for Sorolopha and Eudemopsis Falkovitch ( Razowski 1989) . Based on the structure of the genitalia, Sorolopha is divided into six species groups: the cyclotoma group, the liochlora group, the herbifera group, the sphaerocopa group, the bryana group and the stygiaula group ( Diakonoff 1973).

Sorolopha species are recorded mainly in the Oriental region, with fewer species in the Palaearctic and the Australian region. Larvae are leaf-roller, and their host plants include the families Elaeocarpaceae , Lauraceae , Magnoliaceae , Myrtaceae , Pandanaceae , and Rubiaceae ( Nasu 2011, 2013, Gilligan et al. 2018). Larvae of S. archimedias (Meyrick, 1912) , S. sphaerocopa ( Meyrick, 1930) , and S. plinthograpta ( Meyrick, 1931) feed on plants in several families ( Nasu 2011, 2013, Gilligan et al. 2018). Host plants have been reported for only 10 species, so the larval habits of most species are unknown.